The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Movie

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Who's Involved:

Bill Nighy, John Malkovich, Zooey Deschanel, Alan Rickman, Martin Freeman, Sam Rockwell, Jay Roach, Mos Def, Karey Kirkpatrick, Warwick Davis, Gary Barber, Garth Jennings, Roger Birnbaum, Jonathan Glickman, Steve Pemberton, Todd Arnow, Bill Bailey, Douglas Adams

PG   PARENTAL GUIDANCE SUGGESTED MPA
thematic elements, action, and mild language
Runtime: 1 hr, 50 m
Language: English

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Plot: What's the story about?

Earthman Arthur Dent is having a very bad day. His house is about to be bulldozed, he discovers that his best friend is an alien--and to top things off, Planet Earth is about to be demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass. Arthur's only chance for survival: hitch a ride on a passing spacecraft. For the novice space traveler, the greatest adventure in the universe begins when the world ends. Arthur sets out on a journey in which he finds that nothing is as it seems: he learns that a towel is just the most useful thing in the universe, finds the meaning of life, and discovers that everything he needs to know can be found in one book: "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy".


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Who stars in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Cast List


Miller’s Girl , Love Actually  


Life Of Crime, 16 Blocks  


Harold and the Purple Crayon, Trolls Band Together  


The First Omen, The Beautiful Game  


If, Argylle  


Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II  


Love Actually, Lee Daniels' The Butler  


Dragonkeeper, The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales  


Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Secretariat  


Better Man, Match Point  

Who's making The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Crew List

A look at the The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Garth Jennings last directed Sing 2 and Sing.

Producers

Todd Arnow
Gary Barber
Roger Birnbaum
Jonathan Glickman
Jay Roach

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Production: What we know about The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?

Key Facts

  1. Sam Rockwell will play Zaphod, the two-headed president of the galaxy. Mos Def plays Ford Prefect, an alien disguising himself as an out-of-work actor who sets out on an intergalactic journey with his best friend, mild-mannered earthling Arthur Dent (Morgan Freeman). The duo hitch a ride through space with Sam Rockwell's Zaphod, the beautiful and brilliant scientist Trillion (Zooey Deschanel) and a depressed robot while on a quest to discover the meaning of life.

Filming Timeline

  1. 2004 - December: The film was set to Completed  status.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Release Date: When was the film released?


The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was a release in 2005 on Friday, April 29, 2005. There were 4 other movies released on the same date, including XXX: State of the Union, The Holy Girl and Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy DVD & Blu-ray Release Date: When was the film released?

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was released on DVD & Blu-ray on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 .

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